Strasbourg wheelchair accessibility guide

The CTS tram is fully low-floor across every line, and every CTS bus is fitted with a retractable ramp the driver deploys at request. A companion travelling with a CMI Invalidité cardholder rides free, provided the cardholder has a valid ticket. Buy a single ticket from machines at every tram stop or from the driver on a bus.

For door-to-door rides, the CTS Mobistras service is a booked, ramp-equipped minibus that covers the 33 communes of the Eurométropole and the Kehl city centre. You must register first by sending a recent disability card to the CTS access commission.

Cathédrale Notre-Dame: the South portal has a PMR ramp into the nave. The platform at 66 metres takes 330 stairs and is not wheelchair accessible.

MAMCS (Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain): step-free entry on place Hans-Jean-Arp, lifts to every floor, free for disabled visitors and one companion.

Musée Historique de Strasbourg: in the converted former slaughterhouse on the Ill, fully wheelchair accessible, free for disabled visitors and one companion.

Aubette 1928: the Arp and Taeuber-Arp painted rooms on place Kléber, ground-floor and free for everyone.

European Parliament Hemicycle: free guided tours weekdays and Saturday mornings, accessible terrace, wheelchairs on loan if you email the day before.

Bring an original disability card (a French Carte Mobilité Inclusion or an equivalent foreign card with the international wheelchair symbol). The Strasbourg city museums waive the ticket for the visitor and one companion on sight of the card. For the published policy and discounts at each venue, see our Strasbourg disability discounts page.

The Grande Île, the historic centre listed by UNESCO, has cobbled streets in several places. Most have flat granite slabs between the cobbles or smooth paving on at least one side of the street. Plan extra time around the cathedral and place du Marché-aux-Cochons-de-Lait, where the cobbles are roughest.

Tram stops Homme de Fer, Broglie and Grand'Rue sit on smooth paving with no kerbs along the most-used routes. The municipal parking garages on the Grande Île have lifts to street level; the closest are Sainte-Aurélie and place du Château, both within roll of the cathedral and the major city museums.

The hotel rank in central Strasbourg is mid-density, mostly along quai Saint-Nicolas and rue de la Brigade Alsace-Lorraine, both step-free pavements within walk of a tram stop. Pick a hotel inside the Grande Île to keep the tram-and-walk balance short; the cathedral, MAMCS, the Musée Historique and the Aubette are all under 20 minutes apart by tram and accessible footpath.